Critical thinking is the bridge from ineffectiveness to optimum effectiveness. Critical thinking -- the ability to proficiently conceptualize, apply, analyze, synthesize, and evaluate information to reach an answer or conclusion -- is a crucial skill. Employees who think critically possess a highly valued workplace and lifetime ability.  Critical thinking is a catalyst to build positive, meaningful interactions, and successful projects using logical reasoning.  This one-day course is designed to ignite your critical thinking and problem-solving abilities so that you can impactfully contribute to work teams and the organization.

Learning Objectives:

• Define critical and non-critical thinking
• Identify your critical thinking style(s)
• Describe various thinking styles
• Apply the critical thinking process
• Develop and evaluate explanations
• Improve key critical thinking skills
• Prepare and present powerful arguments

Learning Management System Users:  Please login into your Learning Management System account and navigate to “Now Enrolling” from the “Browse” drop-down menu.  Select the training you wish to register for and click “Enroll.” This will initiate the required approval process.   

External participants, can click here to complete the HR-1 Training Authorization Form. Your direct supervisor, departmental training coordinator, and fiscal officer must approve the form. HR-1's received without proper approval will be returned to the Department's Training Coordinator.

Please note: You are not scheduled for the requested classroom training until you receive an official email confirmation from CLIP.

If you have any questions about the program or the registration process, you can reach a customer success representative by calling (609) 777-2225 or emailing CLIPTraining.Support@csc.nj.gov. 

A $20 administrative  fee will apply to learners who do not have Learning Management System (LMS) platform accounts.

Training Authorization Form